Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
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16 May 2012 to 14 October 2012
Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling
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Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
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archives
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Fonds
AP140
Synopsis:
The James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architects James Stirling and Michael Wilford. It pertains to their work as architectural students, and to the architectural and urban planning projects by the successive firms of Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; Michael Wilford and Partners; Michael Wilford GmbH; and Wilford Schupp Architekten GmbH, as well as by the firms of Michael Wilford Architects and Michael Wilford + MUMA. Significant British and German projects designed by the firms of James Stirling and Partner and successive firms are particularly well represented in the fonds.
circa 1939-2004
James Stirling / Michael Wilford fonds
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AP140
Synopsis:
The James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architects James Stirling and Michael Wilford. It pertains to their work as architectural students, and to the architectural and urban planning projects by the successive firms of Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; Michael Wilford and Partners; Michael Wilford GmbH; and Wilford Schupp Architekten GmbH, as well as by the firms of Michael Wilford Architects and Michael Wilford + MUMA. Significant British and German projects designed by the firms of James Stirling and Partner and successive firms are particularly well represented in the fonds.
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circa 1939-2004
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James Stirling papers
AP140.S1
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Series documents James Stirling student years and military service throughout his student projects, some personal documents and collected artworks and photographic materials. The bulk of the material in this series relates to James Stirling's student work at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, and at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, between 1948 and 1952. Also included in this series are a few personal documents relating to his military service in the Second World War and its relation to his university education. Series also consists of drawings executed by Stirling as a student, other drawings collected by Stirling as gifts from friends and colleagues, and photographs and negatives taken by Stirling of architectural subject matters. Material in this series was produced between probably 1939 and 1990. Series contains architectural drawings, textual records, photographic materials and a presentation model, as well as other drawings, including several portraits and caricatures of James Stirling.
circa 1939-1990
James Stirling papers
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AP140.S1
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Series documents James Stirling student years and military service throughout his student projects, some personal documents and collected artworks and photographic materials. The bulk of the material in this series relates to James Stirling's student work at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, and at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, between 1948 and 1952. Also included in this series are a few personal documents relating to his military service in the Second World War and its relation to his university education. Series also consists of drawings executed by Stirling as a student, other drawings collected by Stirling as gifts from friends and colleagues, and photographs and negatives taken by Stirling of architectural subject matters. Material in this series was produced between probably 1939 and 1990. Series contains architectural drawings, textual records, photographic materials and a presentation model, as well as other drawings, including several portraits and caricatures of James Stirling.
Series 1
circa 1939-1990
Sub-series
James Stirling Memorial
AP140.S4.D2
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File documents the James Stirling Memorial at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England. Material in this file was produced in 1992. File contains a drawing and textual records.
1992
James Stirling Memorial
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AP140.S4.D2
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File documents the James Stirling Memorial at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England. Material in this file was produced in 1992. File contains a drawing and textual records.
File 2
1992
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James Stirling Foundation
AP140.S4.D3
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File documents the establishment and activities of the James Stirling Foundation in London, England. Material in this file was produced between 1991 and 2000. File contains textual records.
1991-2000
James Stirling Foundation
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AP140.S4.D3
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File documents the establishment and activities of the James Stirling Foundation in London, England. Material in this file was produced between 1991 and 2000. File contains textual records.
File 3
1991-2000
Portrait of James Stirling
AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P8.1
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cropped portrait of James Stirling and James Gowan at York Terrace in London, showing James Stirling
ca. 1960
Portrait of James Stirling
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AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P8.1
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cropped portrait of James Stirling and James Gowan at York Terrace in London, showing James Stirling
photographs
Portrait of James Stirling
AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P8
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cropped portrait of James Stirling and James Gowan at York Terrace in London, showing James Stirling
ca. 1960
Portrait of James Stirling
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AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P8
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cropped portrait of James Stirling and James Gowan at York Terrace in London, showing James Stirling
photographs
ca. 1960
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James Stirling Agenda 1993
AP140.S2.SS4.D9
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File documents the publication 'James Stirling Agenda 1993'. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a drawing and textual records.
1990-1993
James Stirling Agenda 1993
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AP140.S2.SS4.D9
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File documents the publication 'James Stirling Agenda 1993'. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a drawing and textual records.
File 9
1990-1993
Portrait of James Stirling
AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P3.015
1973-1992
Portrait of James Stirling
AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P6.3
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portrait